Terms of Use

Version: 1.0 - September 2023

1. Introduction

Blockchain Bureau (Pty) Ltd is a company specializing in Data Aggregation and Decision Analytics with specific focus on blockchain data and technologies. We are based in South Africa with registration number 2022/837678/07 ("BCB", "we", "our", "us"). Our registered office is at Block D, De Wagenweg Office Park, Stellentia Road, Stellenbosch, 7600, Western Cape, South Africa.

BCB consists of an ecosystem comprising BCB websites (whose domain names include but are not limited to www.blockchainbureau.com), online platforms, mobile applications, applets and other applications that are developed to offer BCB Services, and includes independently operated platforms, websites and clients within the ecosystem hereinafter collectively referred to as, the "Platform", for ease of reference.

Please read these terms and conditions ('terms of use'). By viewing and using the website, you are agreeing to the terms that appear below.

If you have any questions about this website or these terms, please use the relevant contact details set out on the Contact us page.

2. Conditions of access

These conditions of access, as amended from time to time, becomes effective upon accessing the platform, constituting a binding Agreement (the "Agreement") between you and BCB, and govern your use of our Platform. The current version of these conditions will govern our respective rights and obligations each time you access this Platform.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to amend (including without limitation, by the addition of new terms and conditions) these terms of use at any time and from time to time without notice to you. Any such amendments shall come into effect immediately and automatically. You agree to review these terms of use whenever you visit the Platform for any such amendments.

Your use and access of this Platform is conditional upon your acceptance, without modification, of the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree with any provision contained in this Agreement, please do not use this Platform.

This Agreement sets out the data processing practices carried out through your use of this Platform by Blockchain Bureau (Pty) Ltd, its parent company, holding companies and/or subsidiaries ("the Group").

If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices, please contact the BCB Information Officer at [email protected]

3. Intellectual Property

We or our licensors own all the rights to all the materials contained in the Platform, which includes the "look and feel" (i.e., graphics, text, logos, icons and fonts), images and photographs, notices, editorial content, software, any other elements of the Website contained in the Platform, the information the Platform collects, patents, copyright, database rights and registered and unregistered trademarks (we refer to all this as 'the Content'). By making the trademarks available on the Platform, we are not giving you any permission to use them.

You are entitled to download or print a copy of this information for your personal, non-commercial or internal use only.

You may not reproduce, distribute, reprint, establish a hyperlink, frame, meta-tag or similar reference, whether electronically or otherwise ("linking") to this Platform or any other subsidiary pages without our prior written consent, which consent is at our sole discretion.

4. Your privacy

We are committed to transparency in respect of our handling of Personal Information. Any information you give to us, or we collect from you when you use the Platform is only used in line with the terms of our Privacy policy.

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. While you should regularly check this Privacy Policy and determine if any such revision has taken place by referring to the date on which this Privacy Policy was last updated.

5. Products and services

It may be possible, through other Platforms that we run and provide links to from this Platform, for you to have access to a facility to buy products or services (“services”). Nothing on this or other Platforms we run forms an offer on our part to sell any products or services. An auto-response to your application shall not be construed as formal approval of your application. It is only once you are expressly notified of approval by us that you will have been approved for the particular product or service for which you applied.

The various products and services we offer on different parts of this Platform or through associated Platforms may be subject to additional terms and conditions (“Service Terms”) set out in a separate agreement governing the use of the relevant product or service. In the event of conflict between this Agreement and the Service Terms, the provisions of the Service Terms will prevail to the extent of such conflict.

6. Advertising and sponsorship

Part of the Platform may contain advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for making sure that the material they give us to include on the Platform keeps to the relevant laws and codes. We will not be responsible for any mistakes or inaccurate information in advertising material.

7. Other matters

  • You may not cede, assign or otherwise transfer your rights and obligations in terms of this Agreement to any third party.
  • Any failure on the part of you or us to enforce any right in terms of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of that right.
  • If any term or condition contained herein is declared invalid, the remaining terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect.
  • No indulgence, extension of time, relaxation or latitude which any party may show, grant or allow to the other party shall constitute a waiver by that party of any of its rights and it shall not thereby be prejudiced or stopped from exercising any of its rights against the other party which may have arisen in the past or which might arise in the future.

8. Cookies

Cookies may be used by us to provide you with customized information from our web site. Cookies allow us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of our Platform.

We may use cookies as a means to give you a better experience when you return to our Platform. The use of cookies is governed by our Cookie policy.

9. Monitoring of communication

You expressly give your consent for us to monitor your internet and e-mail traffic on our Platform. You acknowledge that we monitor internet and e-mail traffic on the Platform primarily to ensure that users and consumers are not acting illegally, unlawfully or in breach of these terms of use and:

  • to maintain the integrity and security of our Platform and information technology systems;
  • to investigate and detect any unauthorized use of our Platform and information technology systems;
  • as an inherent part of and to secure the effective operation of our Platform and information technology systems.

10. Transfer of Assets

In the unlikely event that BCB or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, user information will be one of the transferred assets and your details may be disclosed to our advisors and any prospective purchasers' advisers and will be passed onto the new owners of the business.

11. Disclaimer and limitation of liability

  • You are required to take note of the following:
    • While we have taken care to ensure that the content on this Platform is accurate, this Platform and the services accessible on or via this Platform are provided "as is" and your use of and reliance on the information on this Platform and the online services is entirely at your own risk. You assume full responsibility for the risk or loss resulting from your use of this Platform and your reliance on the material and information contained on it.
    • We and our affiliates, shareholders, directors, agents, consultants or employees are not liable for any damages whatsoever relating to your use of this Platform or the online services or the information contained on this Platform or your inability to use this Platform or the online services. This includes, without limitation, any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, whether arising out of contract, statute, delict or otherwise and regardless of whether we were expressly advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.
  • Without derogating from the generality of the above, we will not be liable for:
    • any interruption, malfunction, downtime or other failure of the Platform or online services, our system, databases or any of its components, for any reason whatsoever;
    • any loss or damage arising from your orders, purchases or disposal of goods and services, from third parties, based on the information provided on this Platform;
    • any loss or damage with regard to your or other data directly or indirectly caused by malfunction of our system, third party systems, power failures, unlawful access to or theft of data, computer viruses or destructive code on our system or third-party systems; programming defects; negligence on our part;
    • any interruption, malfunction, downtime or other failure of goods or services provided by third parties, including, without limitation, third party systems such as the public switched telecommunication service providers, internet service providers, electricity suppliers, local authorities and certification authorities;
    • any event over which we have no direct control.
  • Links to other Platforms
    • For your convenience, this Platform may contain links to other Platforms belonging to or operated by third parties ("third party Platforms").
    • By making the hyperlinks available, we are not endorsing, recommending or promoting third party Platforms, their content, products or services that they offer or the owners of these third-party Platforms. We have no control over the third-party information and make no representations or warranties of any nature as to its accuracy, appropriateness or correctness.
    • It is your responsibility to ensure that you obtain all information relevant to making a decision and that you read the privacy and security policy on such third-party Platforms. We have no control over such third-party Platforms and will not be liable for any loss or damage you suffer, whether directly or indirectly, as a result of your use of third-party Platforms. You agree that where you access third party Platforms, you do so entirely at your own risk.